Inferno of Torture

May 2, 1969

1h 35m

★ 5.8

Overview

Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo.

Genres

Drama

Horror

Production Companies

Toei Company

Inferno of Torture Trailers

Cast

Horihide

Teruo Yoshida

Osuzu

Masumi Tachibana

Horitatsu

Asao Koike

Yumi

Yumiko Katayama

Otatsu - Daikoku-ya Owner

Mieko Fujimoto

Samejima

Haruo Tanaka

Okinu

Mitsuko Aoi

Onikichi

Gannosuke Ashiya

Tattoo Artist B

Reiichi Hatanaka

Genzô

Shin'ichirô Hayashi

Daikoku-ya's Visitor B

Kiyoshi Hitomi

Clayton

Yusuf Hoffman

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